By Jennifer Herzog, B.S., Regional Consultant, Arkansas It’s November. Time for turkey and trimmings, friends and family, and maybe football and all things fun!! It’s that time of year when we embrace all that we have to be thankful for, and this year is no exception for me. I have a ton of reasons to be thank...

_By Ryan Knoblauch, SLP, blogger The Speech Knob As speech language pathologists, we must continue our education and keep on top of current trends and evidence-based treatments. Over the past few years, I’ve attended several professional development conferences and some have stood out over others. I previously spo...

By Merryn Horsfall, Speech-Language Pathologist (B.SpPath) AAC Consultant Liberator Australia In my role as a Speech Pathologist & AAC Consultant with Liberator in Australia, I regularly have the privilege of visiting education settings where professionals are supporting the implementation of speech-generating devices ...

By Elyse Pycraft M.S., CCC-SLP, NE Ohio PRC Consultant Up high, in the sky! Down low… too slow! Ok, so not THAT kind of 5. Gimmie 5 (words) is a simple strategy when adding new vocabulary to an AAC system. Vocabulary selection for a beginning communicator can seem overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. By n...

By Ceclia Marietti, M. Ed, PRC-Saltillo As a PRC-Saltillo Assistive Technology Consultant I have had the joy of working with hundreds of AAC communicators.  In February of 2016, I had the privilege of meeting Meredith Noble in an AAC consultation.  Meredith was a bright 29-year-old woman with Cerebral Palsy worki...

by Penelope Jameson, AAC Consultant Liberator Australia, and Teacher Aide at Coombabah State High School As our school year draws to a close in Australia, my thoughts are with our students using AAC, and how they will cope in the New Year with the possible change of teacher and support staff. With that change, some expe...